Mobile Phone Ownership in Indonesia Continues to Rise Over a Decade
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Cell phone ownership in Indonesian rural and urban areas has steadily increased over the past decade.
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the percentage of rural households owning or possessing a cell phone was only 26.77% in 2010, then rose to 54.31% in 2020.
Meanwhile, the percentage of cell phone ownership in urban areas in 2010 was 49.43%, then increased to 69.53% in 2020.
Although the level of cell phone ownership in rural areas is lower, the average increase is greater, at 2.75% per year during the 2010-2020 period. In urban areas, the growth rate was 2.01% per year during the same period.
"This demonstrates the strong penetration of cell phones even into remote rural areas," wrote the BPS in its report.
Overall, the percentage of the Indonesian population that owned or possessed a cell phone reached 62.84% in 2020. This value is significantly higher compared to 2010, which only reached 38.05%, with an average national increase of 2.48% per year.
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